Loch Torridon, Wester Ross
Loch Torridon is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland and is in total around 15 miles long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon to landward and east of Rubha na h-Airde Ghlaise and at which point it joins Loch Sheildaig and the main western section of Loch Torridon proper.
Loch Torridon is surrounded by various mountains to the north, including Liathach, Beinn Alligin and Beinn Eighe, all of which are over 3,000 feet in height and exhibit some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the UK. The rocks of which they are made are known as Torridonian sandstone, some of which are crowned by white Cambrian quartzite. They are amongst the oldest rocks in the UK and sit on yet older rocks of Lewisian gneiss.
Date: 11th June 2006
Location: view from near Kenmore on the unclassified road between Applecross and Shieldaig
Loch Torridon is surrounded by various mountains to the north, including Liathach, Beinn Alligin and Beinn Eighe, all of which are over 3,000 feet in height and exhibit some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the UK. The rocks of which they are made are known as Torridonian sandstone, some of which are crowned by white Cambrian quartzite. They are amongst the oldest rocks in the UK and sit on yet older rocks of Lewisian gneiss.
Date: 11th June 2006
Location: view from near Kenmore on the unclassified road between Applecross and Shieldaig
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